NOCTURNAL BIRDS 
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7. Owlet-nightjar /Egotheles cristata Shaw 
ALg-o-theY-cs— Gk, aigotheles, goatsucker: cris-ta'-ta— L., cristatus, 
crested. 
distribution. Australia generally, and Tasmania; also occurs in 
New Guinea and New Caledonia. 
notes. Also called Little Nightjar, Banded Goatsucker, Crested 
Goatsucker, and Moth Owl. Usually singly or in pairs, frequenting 
forest-lands generally. During the day it resorts to hollows in trees, 
sallying forth in quest of insects (chiefly moths and beetles) as night 
approaches. When disturbed in its roosting hollow, it utters a loud 
churring noise, and often while it is “hawking” one hears the same 
call. 
nest. In a hole in a tree or stump; lined with leaves. 
eggs. Three or four, white and rounded, occasionally spotted. 
Breeding-season: September to December. 
$. Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus Quoy and Gaimard 
Pd-daP-gus-tYom Fr. podarge of Cuvier, probably for le podarge, 
gouty foot: o-cell-a'-tus— L., ocellatus ; marked with little eyes (spotted). 
distribution. Northern Queensland (Cape York Peninsula); also 
occurs in New Guinea. 
notes. Usually singly or in pairs, frequenting the thick scrubs. 
During the day it shelters among masses of vines or other tangled 
vegetation. At night it hunts in the scrub. Call-note, a monotonously 
repeated “Kooloo, kooloo, kooloo”. Food: insects, chiefly beetles. 
nest. A flat platform of twigs, placed on a branch of a tree grow¬ 
ing in thick scrub. 
eggs. Two, white and rounded. Breeding-season: October is the 
only month recorded. 
9. Plumed Frogmouth Podargus plurnifcrus Gould 
plu-mif'-er-us —L., pluma, feather; L., fero , I bear. 
distribution. South-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New 
South Wales. 
notes. This rare species is an inhabitant of the brushes, and so far. 
nothing has been recorded of its habits. 
nest. A flat platform of sticks, placed on a branch of a tree at about 
twenty feet from the ground. A box-tree is generally selected as a 
nesting-site, and the nest is built of sticks broken off the boughs which 
overhang the nesting-site. 
eggs. Two or three, glossy white and rather rounded. Breeding- 
season: not recorded. 
10. Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides Latham 
strig-did'-es-G k, strigos, owl; Gk, - oides , from eidos, form = like. 
distribution. Australia generally, and Tasmania. 
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